Fourth Sunday of Advent
The aim of the gospel acclamation, like Advent, is to focus our attention.
Alleluia!
Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.
Alleluia!
The Persian poet Hafiz writes of a ‘saint’.
The saint is now continually
tripping over joy
and bursting out in laughter
and saying ‘I surrender’.
Like Mary?
Third Sunday of Advent
The aim of the gospel acclamation, like Advent, is to focus our attention.
Alleluia!
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
Alleluia!
Don’t try to explain the Incarnation to me. It is further from being explainable than the furthest star in the furthest galaxy. It is love, God’s limitless love enfleshing that love into the form of a human being, Jesus, the Christ, fully human and fully divine. -Madeleine L’Engle
Second Sunday of Advent
The aim of the gospel acclamation, like Advent, is to focus our attention.
Alleluia!
Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths:
All flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Alleluia!
First Sunday of Advent
The aim of the gospel acclamation, like Advent, is to focus our attention.
Alleluia!
Show us, Lord, your love
and grant us your salvation
Alleluia!
Simon Barnes, an ornithologist, could be describing Advent watchfulness for the glimpses and hints of God-with-us when he writes about ‘the calm delight of the utterly normal, and the rare and sudden delight of the utterly unexpected’.
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